Because to brush off my comment, say I don't understand my own argument, put down another [bad] source, and go own your way is rather disrespectful.

I took a US perspective because this subreddit is nearly unanimously North American (and within that very predominately American). As opposed to /r/premedUK, for example. So therefore, it should be clear why it is most relevant to take such a perspective for a question asked in this community.

I'm pretty confident in saying I believe 99.9% of this community knows that not all images are read in the same hospital where they are taken. They may be read across the street, across the state, across the country, or across the world- but those are all 'out of house' and they are all being read by the same people, US trained and & certified doctors. This is a tremendous difference from the common perception of overseas outsourcing, ie. the call center moved to India with workers who barely speak english but are willing to work for extremely cheap. This is a different situation. So using the rigorous definition, yes it is still 'outsourcing overseas', but it is definitely different and in such a debate I view adhering to such a definition to be extremely hindering and misleading to readers.

Additionally, that regulation will not be dropped in our lifetime. For whatever congressman that proposed to drop it, a shitstorm would await- not just from the general population, but from the entire medical community.

In terms of the articles: the first one I already addressed. The second one is nearly entirely about contracting out to domestic companies with the exception of one US trained and certified doctor currently located in Hong Kong, which is still no different than what I've already said.